Kudankulam row: Police lathicharge protesters

Police lathicharged and fired teargas shells on anti-nuclear protesters at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant at Vairavikinaru shore in Tamil Nadu today. Thousands of protesters, who were trapped between the police force from one side and the ocean on the other side, threw slippers, shoes, sand and small stones at the police force. A few of the protesters were seen fleeing using boats while others were standing waist deep in the water even as several of them fought a pitched battle with the police force. Earlier, police blocked hundreds of villagers who were attempting to march to the plant in order to protest the loading of fuel in the coming days.